Limestone figure with mask
Description: | The figure is holding the mask of a stag's head with both hands, as if to put on or remove it. He may be a priest or worshiper participating in a ritual. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 10 1/4 × 4 × 2 1/4 in., 2.5 lb. (26 × 10.2 × 5.7 cm, 1.1 kg) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 599 - 500 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios |
References: | Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. XXIV.59, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1030, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 4, p. 19, pl. IV.2. Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 248, pp. 196-97, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2538 |